Tutorial: The Flecktones - Sex In A Pan

[felixcuello]

Bravo... really great video and tutorial. I just subscribed to your channel. It sounds perfect!

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@felixcuello Thank you very much!

[jponbass]

I really enjoy your tutorials. keep 'em coming :)

[CasparBass]

You are really fucking good

[DanielWeed72]

What is that rubberband on the end of the neck used for?

Thanks (:

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@DanielWeed72 Its purpose is to dampen the strings, which is useful when tapping (so you don't hear the open string each time you lift your fingers of the strings). You can also use a regular hair tie to achieve the same result.

[drg92asturias]

I think you're missing the low E he plays in the "1", in the first pattern

[danieluan89]

you started playing bass in 2006? You're admirable,for real.

greetings from Argentina

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@danieluan89 Oh thank you for the kind words :)

[MrBassifacation]

can you post a tab or sheet? I have a really hard time seeing what you are playing sometimes.

Awesome video!

[MrChissen]

Damn! That sounded perfect!

[weisson001]

your bass looks so alike as Wooten's

[MrHoiHoi1234567890]

it's a marcus miller bass right? i love youre work

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@MrHoiHoi1234567890 Dankjewel, 't is inderdaad een marcus miller bass :)

[pettsnurr]

Love that you're playing the bass (that I'm playing on too!!) of my one bass hero, and play the tune of my other bass hero!!

Btw, ain't that the best bass you've every played on? I surely haven't laid my hands on a more comfertable bass in my entire life. :)

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@pettsnurr It's a nice bass, I agree :)

[Pudsy440]

Really nice Yertle ... good job

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@Pudsy440 Thanks man!

[BeachCrawlerJK]

Man I want to thank you for this! Ive been wanting to learn VW songs for some time, but need a slow break down of how to play them. Now, I can play this song thanx to your vid! Time to learn You aint got no groove....eek! Thanks again man!!

[TheBassBailey]

I really can't seem to grasp it. I can play some slap bass well but I just cant get the hang of it. I've never done the double thumb thing either to my head is so far west at the minute :/ feeling like a noob basest here :/

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@TheBassBailey If you're having trouble with the double thumbing, I suggest you check out this video v=tM7EOeaybL4 (can't post full url's in comments unfortunately). Double thumbing basically means you're using your thumb as a pick, so you're performing down and upstrokes with your thumb. Just watch the video I mentioned, I think it will help ;)

[Brian19451]

Victor Wooten Song on Marcus Miller Bass = WIN!!

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@Brian19451 haha :p

[faragroovin]

Great site!!

already learned a lot.

Can't wait for the next one

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@faragroovin I'm glad I could help :)

[Drei7717]

this helped a lot man, thanks. I subscribed

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@Drei7717 Have fun!

[Marcemath11]

DAng i've been playing for to years now and i just found your video , i can now play it , in about an hour of work , thanks a lot , keep up the outstanding work

All respects , Marceau ,France

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@Marcemath11 You're very welcome ;)

[aloefgren]

@YertleTheTurtle87 thanks! one of the neatest basslines ever written. also helps as a practice of getting the groove going, since this isnt just about the "tabs". think you get what i mean

[razergann]

le son bien rond de la fender =)

[martonastri]

yeah!! great work, thank you for this!

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@martonastri You're welcome :)

[Groundribs]

Butter.

[Ozbassman]

amazing!!!!! nice playing

[efestombulsise]

fantastic work.

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@efestombulsise Thank you :-)

[MrCrux03]

what is that thing on your bass??

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@MrCrux03 When you're tapping, as soon as you lift your finger off the string, you can sometimes hear the open string coming through, which we don't want. That thing on the neck dampens the strings. This particular one is made by GruvGear, it's called a FretWrap (just Google it, can't post links here), but you can use a regular scrunchie for dampening as well.

[YertleTheTurtle87]

I'm still not sure what you mean :p Are you asking about the thing on the fretboard near the headstock? That's simply for dampening the strings when tapping, I don't use it in this song though. Does this answer your question? :)

[ellococaseros]

sorry my English is that I'm from Argentina ...

the question as to why it is called a tail of hair on the fingerboard of the bass ... aver if by that I explain a little better, if there is no problem, thanks anyway

[ellococaseros]

man why you got called on the fingerboard to mute the strings, because that is not the name

tanks

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@ellococaseros I'm not sure I understand your question, could you clarify? :)

[TheTcbassist]

nice marcus miller bass and sick tutorial. helped a load with the harmonics part ive been trying to play for a while. keep on making theese, maby a tutorial for classical thump if you can. That would be insanely helpful. Thanks for making theese

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@TheTcbassist You're welcome :)

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@TheWolveSpirit I'm resting my right hand on the strings the whole time. You'll have to experiment yourself with how much pressure you have to apply and when. Too little pressure won't dampen the strings sufficiently, while too much pressure will mute the strings completely ;)

[Pudsy440]

nice lesson Yertle! Thank you.

[Morosalf]

It's hard to know when the right-hand is muting :/

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@Morosalf I hold my right hand on the strings pretty much throughout the whole song. Sometimes I lift it, like in the second pattern. But just play around a bit with the right hand muting and vary the amount of pressure you apply to the strings. You will develop a feeling for it. I hope this helps :)

[XguitarrockerX]

Respect, goede les, erg duidelijk! Maarja, ik heb natuurlijk geen bas ;P

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@XguitarrockerX Thx, maar je kan 't gewoon met je vingers op je gitaar spelen :p

[Morosalf]

in the Pattern 1, you use the double thumb at a moment ? (sorry for my english)

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@Morosalf I think I know what you mean. Well, it's basically only the downstroke as used in the double thumb technique...So I go through the D-string with my thumb, and land on the G-string below. But unlike the double thumb technique, there's no upstroke! Hope this helps ;)

[thumb1998]

superb technique - superb tutorial ! *****

thx

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@thumb1998 You're welcome ;)

[Franci94Arezzo]

No one has commented? I don't believe, it's impossible! instead you're great! I would like to play like you! (and I would also have your jazz bass ...)

[YertleTheTurtle87]

@Franci94Arezzo Haha thanks! Yes, I would definitely recommend the bass to others ;)

[Franci94Arezzo]

@YertleTheTurtle87 It's the universal bass!